inland

A modest celebration took place recently at
the Augsburg works of MAN B&W Diesel AG,
commemorating the 1,000th 20/27 engine to be
sold. The "celebrity" is one of two engines of the
12V 20/27 type destined for a 207-foot-long luxury
yacht belonging to an American owner.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy H.
Lawrence Garrett III recently
participated in an actual operational
trial onboard the Landing
Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC). He first
toured the entire LCAC manufacturing
facility at the Textron Marine
Systems Shipyard Operations
in New Orleans, La.

The 1 Oth International Conference and Exhibition on
Through Transport using Roll-on/Roll-off Methods
STAZIONE MARITTIMA TRIESTE 15-17 MAY 1990
First held in 1976, the 1990 edition
of R0R0, the biennial international
conference and exhibition

For the U.S. shipbuilding industry,
the psychology of hope went
full circle in 1980. Starting with
the optimism of Congressional
enactment of c o m p r e h e n s i ve
"omnibus" maritime legislation in
conjunction with an accelerated
naval shipbuilding